Anontune: The New Social Music Platform From Anonymous — In a move sure to attract attention from the music industry, a small group of coders claiming to be part of Anonymous is putting together a social music platform. The rather ambitious goal: Create a service that seamlessly pulls up songs streaming from all around the internet.

Anonymous builds its own Pastebin-like site — Hacker group Anonymous and the People's Liberation Front have created a data-sharing site called AnonPaste, meant to host pastes of code and other messages without any moderation or censorship of the information posted.

Apple announces 500 new jobs in Ireland — (Reuters) - Apple is to hire 500 people in Ireland in the latest boost to the indebted euro zone country's multinational sector, one of the few bright spots in a struggling economy. — The consumer electronics giant will increase the headcount …

How Andreessen Horowitz Fumbled an Instagram Investment — Marc Andreessen, the Netscape co-founder who went on to use his considerable wealth to finance scores of Silicon Valley start-ups, is regarded as one of the smartest technology investors. His wins have been spectacular: Skype, LinkedIn, and, one day if all goes well, Twitter.

Nokia loses IPCom patent case in German court — (Reuters) - Nokia lost a court case on Friday after a regional court in Mannheim, Germany, found the Finnish mobile phone company had violated patents belonging to German patent firm IPCom. — Nokia spokesman Mark Durrant said the ruling affected phones that were no longer being sold.

Top mobile apps showcased at DEMO 2012 — DEMO 2012 led off with mobile products. Here are the most interesting. By Colin Neagle, Network World As is generally the case at trade shows today, mobile technology has been top of mind at the DEMO conference in Santa Clara, taking up the first half of the event's first day.

LightSquared Makes Inmarsat Payment to Win Time for Talks — Philip Falcone's LightSquared Inc. made an outstanding $56.3 million payment to Britain's Inmarsat Plc (ISAT) related to a spectrum-cooperation accord and was granted an extension on further installments, gaining more time to win approval …

Cadillac Could Have Self-Driving Car by Mid-Decade — Google isn't the only company working on a self-driving car. Cadillac today announced that it is actively road testing a semi-autonomous system called Super Cruise that can control a vehicle's steering, braking and lane-centering capabilities.

Sony to Launch 5GB Online Photo Sharing Service Next Week — Sony said Friday it will launch its online photo sharing service, “PlayMemories Online,” next week. — The service will initially be available in six countries — Japan, the U.S., Canada, Germany, France, and the U.K. — from May 25, and will offer 5GB of free storage.